Ups and downs of dieting may court heart disease

PUB. DATE

January 1993

SOURCE

Environmental Nutrition;Jan1993, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p3

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the link between yo-yo dieting and shortening life expectancy due to heart related problems. Weight gain or loss in a short period of time increase the risk of dying from heart disease; Weight maintenance plan.

Provides facts on diet and health in the United States. Increase in the number of overweight adults from the 1960 to 2001; Decline in heart attack and stroke rates from 1970 to 1998; Reason for the decline in lung cancer rates in men.

Presents the amount of food that men and women should consume for a balanced diet. Information on the 'Alternate Healthy Eating Index,' created by Harvard University researchers; Disadvantages of alcohol abuse.

Reports on the study by the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts and the University of Helsinki in Finland on the diet of Japanese and American women. Japanese women's eating of soybeans which contain isoflavonoids; Treatment of menopausal symptoms with...